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Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of mis-selling of (a) endowment policies and (b) other financial products by (i) tied agencies and (ii) independent financial advisers have been upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service in (A) 2001, (B) 2002 and (C) 2003; what the total of...

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 July 2003

For answer on

1 September 2003

Answered on

1 September 2003

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints of mis-selling of (a) endowment policies and (b) other financial products by (i) tied agencies and (ii) independent financial advisers have been upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service in (A) 2001, (B) 2002 and (C) 2003; what the total of fines levied for each category was by year; what average length of time it took to investigate each complaint; and what the longest period was a complaint has remained open. [126076] Mr. Boateng: The Financial Ombudsman Service has advised the Treasury that the number of complaints upheld either wholly or in part were as follows. Mortgage Endowment Complaints _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Substantially upheld Upheld in part 2002-03 IFAs 359 110 Tied Agents 3,906 854 2001-02 IFAs 385 95 Tied Agents 2,758 690 2000-011 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 In 2000-01, the Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Bureau (PIAOB) dealt with mortgage endowment and other investment product complaints. The PIAOB did not record statistics about case outcome that can be analysed in this way. However, across the range of investment related complaints against both IFAs and tied agents, 46 per cent. of complaints were resolved by conciliation or mediation where both parties agreed voluntarily and of those cases that were resolved by adjudication or a final decision by an ombudsman, 22 per cent. were upheld in favour of the consumer. Other Investment Products1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Substantially upheld Upheld in part 2002-03 IFAs 411 201 Tied Agents 3,109 1,853 2001-02 IFAs 170 68 Tied Agents 1,142 804 2000-012 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Personal pension plans, whole-of-life/non mortgage linked endowments and other `packaged' investment products. 2 In 2000-01, the Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Bureau (PIAOB) dealt with mortgage endowment and other investment product complaints. The PIAOB did not record statistics about case outcome that can be analysed in this way. However, across the range of investment related complaints against both IFAs and tied agents, 46 per cent. of complaints were resolved by conciliation or mediation where both parties agreed voluntarily and of those cases that were resolved by adjudication or a final decision by an ombudsman, 22 per cent. were upheld in favour of the consumer. Awards The Financial Ombudsman Service does not punish or fine firms--the regulator, the Financial Services Authority, takes any such action. In resolving disputes, the ombudsman service may make a `money award' against a firm of such amount as it considers fair compensation for financial loss and or pain and suffering or damage to reputation or distress or inconvenience. Additionally or alternatively, the ombudsman service can `direct' a firm to take such steps in relation to the complainant, as the ombudsman considers just and appropriate. The Financial Ombudsman Service does not record `money award' data as any such figure would not include cases which have been settled by way of agreeing that an offer of redress that a firm has made is fair compensation nor would it include the equivalent monetary value of any `direction' that the ombudsman service may give. Timeliness Each year, the ombudsman service sets timeliness targets for resolving complaints. In 2000-01, 73 per cent. of cases at the PIAOB were closed within six months; 19 per cent. took between six and 12 months and 8 per cent. took over 12 months. In 2001-02, the Financial Ombudsman Service closed 73 per cent. of cases within six months and 96 per cent. of cases within 12 months. In 2001-02, the average time taken to resolve and close a case was just over five months. In 2002-03, the ombudsman service introduced a new three month target and reported that it resolved 44 per cent. of cases within this time and that it resolved 76 per cent. of cases within six months. The ombudsman service refined the measure for the average time taken and reported that it took just under four months to resolve a complaint by mediation or conciliation. And, where a detailed investigation was required to settle the dispute--involving a full ombudsman review and decision--the average time taken was eight and a half months. The oldest ombudsman case still open dates back to November 1997, and has remained open for 2,035 days. It is the ombudsman service's policy to report any case that remains open to its Board so that the Directors can satisfy themselves that there are valid reasons for a case to be more than a year old.

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

126076; 409 c887-9W

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the financial services industry

Lead member

Paul Flynn

Answering member

Lord Boateng

Department

Treasury

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

11 June 2002

Reference

386 c208-29WH

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with wasting police time, other than by making malicious complaints against the police, in each constabulary area in England and Wales during each year from 1996 to 1998. - Inc figs and fact that information...

Asked by

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 1999

Reference

75904; 327 c496-7W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of man/days identified as having been spent in the investigation of (a) malicious complaints and (b) false information within each constabulary area in England and Wales during each year from 1996 to 1998. - Information requested...

Asked by

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 1999

Reference

75903; 327 c497W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action police fraud specialists are taking in respect of the activities in the United Kingdom of fraudulent invention promoters.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 1998

Reference

318 c375W; 57076

House

House of Commons

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